Ancient Greece
The leader of Athens during the golden age
Who is Pericles
Which river runs through Rome?
What is The Tiber River.
Where was its capital?
what is Constantinople
Who was Muhammad?
A prophet who received divine revelations from God (Allah) and taught submission to His will, unifying Arabia.
Why did Europeans want to find new routes to Asia
for wealth from luxury goods like spices, silk, and porcelain, wanting to bypass expensive, dangerous land routes controlled by Muslim middlemen
Conquers vast Persian Empire, spreading Greek culture.
Who is Alexander the great
Where was Rome founded?
What is On the Palatine Hill.
What was Justinian's Code?
A code of law
How did it spread so fast?
Trade routes (Silk Road, sea) and military expansion by powerful caliphates established vast empires quickly
How did Christianity spread to the Americas?
Through European colonization, starting with Spanish Catholic missionaries and colonizers who forcibly converted Indigenous peoples, followed by various Protestant groups (Puritans, Anglicans, Baptists, etc.) who established their own settlements and churches
Sparta defeats Athens, ending Athenian dominance.
what is Peloponnesian War
Who were Rome's legendary founders?
who is Romulus and Remus.
Who was its most famous emperor?
Justinian
What are the Five Pillars?
The core practices: Declaration of Faith, Prayer, Charity, Fasting (Ramadan), and Pilgrimage (Hajj) to Mecca
What role did silver play in global trade?
a standardized medium of exchange, especially for high-demand Asian goods like silk, ultimately boosting global commerce, empowering empires (like Spain), driving colonial exploitation, and establishing early globalized economies.
When were the first olympic games held?
What is 776 B.C
Who was Rome's first Emperor?
who is Augustus (Octavian)
How did it end?
The Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople in 1453, marking the final fall of the Byzantine Empire.
How did it reach Europe/India?
Through conquest (Spain) and trade (India, Southeast Asia)
What common foods (like corn, potatoes, tomatoes) went from the Americas to the Old World?
maize (corn), potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers, cacao (chocolate), various beans, squash/pumpkins, peanuts, vanilla, pineapple, and turkeys
How did Greece's mountainous terrain lead to independent city-states (poleis)?
What is it created isolated valleys and regions, making overland travel and communication difficult
Who was a famous Roman dictator assassinated on the Ides of March?
who is Julius Caesar
What role did religion play?
Eastern Orthodox Christianity was central, with the Emperor having authority, leading to conflicts and the eventual Great Schism with the Western Catholic Church.
What is a quaran
The holy book of Islam, containing God's revelations to Muhammad.
How did the Atlantic slave trade change Africa and the Americas?
The Atlantic slave trade reshaped Africa and the Americas by removing millions of people, devastating African societies through depopulation and conflict, while fueling the Americas' economies with enslaved labor for cash crops like sugar and tobacco.